New Delhi, June 29 -- The Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday suspended seven Public Work Department (PWD) engineers and initiated a departmental probe against a retired superintendent engineer over the 'faulty design' of a new rail over-bridge (ROB) in Bhopal with an unusual 90-degree turn.

Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced that he had taken cognisance of the serious negligence in the construction of Aishbagh ROB and ordered an inquiry.

"On the basis of the inquiry report, action has been taken against eight PWD engineers," Yadav said.

The newly built ROB in the Aishbagh area of the city is being criticised and ridiculed by local residents and netizens for its design and wondering how vehicles would manage to take the sharp 90-de...